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Tue, 23 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all employees of an organisation (details supplied) who worked on the front line during the pandemic will receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24350/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
782. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
828. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the announced funding for participants in a psychology training programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24796/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Holly Cairns
829. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that an out-of-hours GP service is open after 9 p.m. (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24797/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Holly Cairns
931. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the long waiting lists for endometriosis clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Holly Cairns
932. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the long waiting lists for pain specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Wildlife Conservation
Holly Cairns
946. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Wildlife Conservation
Holly Cairns
960. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers, and beehives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24268/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Environmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
961. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Communications, and Climate concerning the subsea cable to Sherkin Island, which has been out of order since November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24357/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
24. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she its taking to support festivals in meeting rising operating costs. [23338/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Tourism Policy
Holly Cairns
66. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide her response to the recommendation in the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media’s report Working Conditions - and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector - that she ‘engage with Cabinet colleagues with a view to nominating a single Government Department to retain direct oversight of and responsibility for all aspects of Ireland’s tourism and hospitality sector, to include working conditions and training and recruitment.’ [23339/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he is taking to consult fishing bodies regarding offshore renewable projects. [23337/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Housing Policy
Holly Cairns
141. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his engagement with the Residential Tenancies Board concerning actions to address non-compliance with the requirement to register a tenancy. [23336/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
19. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Road Network
Holly Cairns
25. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide a bypass of Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23548/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Road Network
Holly Cairns
26. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 2 March 2023, the steps he is taking to ensure that the Innishannon bypass is added to the national roads programme. [23549/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Holly Cairns
54. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Bantry flood relief scheme. [23546/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Holly Cairns
55. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Skibbereen flood relief scheme. [23547/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
76. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23308/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23323/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
119. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23321/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Housing Policy
Holly Cairns
151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2022-2027 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
176. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the potential grain and straw shortages this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23307/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Departmental Properties
Holly Cairns
189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether his Department owns a site (details supplied). [23605/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
193. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the staffing to caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each CDNT; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and the processes in place to reconfigure services according to local needs. [23314/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
194. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular form, with a monthly breakdown of waiting times. [23316/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
195. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews are conducted with therapists leaving CDNTs; if the information from these interviews is anonymously collated; if so, the primary reasons individuals cite for leaving CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23317/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
204. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the finding of a report (details supplied) concerning children’s disability services that “families feel they are deliberately held in the dark with 45% believing poor communication is an obstacle to service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
217. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23310/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
218. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that heel-prick screening includes testing for spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23311/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
219. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE proposals to limit homebirth services for women and pregnant people living within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital. [23312/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Legislative Process
Holly Cairns
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date he is working towards for the second-stage discussion of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022. [23313/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
221. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that workers in Section 39 (Health Act 2004) organisations receive the same annual leave entitlements as workers in Section 38 organisations. [23315/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Holly Cairns
222. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when free GP care for under seven-year-olds will come into effect. [23318/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
258. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23309/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
263. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23322/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Defence Forces
Holly Cairns
3. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages in the Defence Forces. [19970/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Defence Forces
Holly Cairns
8. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address systematic sexual harassment and assaults in the Defence Forces. [19971/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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School Admissions
Holly Cairns
95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her plans to address a shortage of school places in the Cork south-west area. [22802/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
109. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish additional special schools in County Cork. [22801/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
127. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations. [23038/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Equality Issues
Holly Cairns
128. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23056/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Foreign Conflicts
Holly Cairns
147. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to facilitate the evacuation of Irish residents from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22743/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Equality Issues
Holly Cairns
156. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23048/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
178. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23028/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Equality Issues
Holly Cairns
179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23046/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Defence Forces
Holly Cairns
199. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence having an oversight role in the appointment of individuals to the Independent Oversight Board for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22742/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
207. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Equality Issues
Holly Cairns
208. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23043/23]